F ro m P a g e 1
"The Department of Education in
Salem informs m e." McCaslin
said."that it is. in fact, legal to
building at lone, and four classrooms separate the money required to
and a caleteru multipurjmv mom to balance the budget into program
Hcppner elementary vhool “ We
don't know what this end (of the components and vote each vparatc
county i will look like in live year»." ly For example, hoards have dccid
cd to site their basic program on one
he said
Hoard member Hob Mahoney said ballot, their transportation program
he was concerned that the two older on another, their athletics or extra
buildings at lone and Heppner would curricular activities on another, and
have problems "There will he a certainly kindergartens have been
lime when vimething has to be done kvoted on separate ballots in several
districts around the state
to those buildings," he said
"Cuing vvcral examples the
Cost ol hiring the architect will be budget analyst that I spike to in
included in next year's budget The formed me that defeat of all except
board and superintendent presented the basic levy is virtually assured in
vmie additional budget needs lor the this typ- ol vparation. so dial Nurds
next school year to the Budget Com are only vparating programs lor
mittee "This year's experience levy purpivs out ol some exaspera
teaches us that wc need to review lion and p ’rhaps desperation at this
carefully, with the best advice punt in tune." he said Hudget
available, our budget priorities." the Committee member l-ee Padhcrg
superintendent said "It would be had asked the sup-rintcndcnl to com
very expensive to to consider ment on the pissibility of splitting
everything on our list Wc need to
be very judicious You (the budget
committed need to give us vutte
direction
Hoard Chairman Joe Stevens ask
ed the committee to check lor ob
v discrepancies in district stall
mg " Ikies one vlvml have six aiil^s
and another vhool that is two thirds
the size, have seven ’ It vi. this may
be an excess." he said We're
always open to the critic ism thal 1» w»
many people work here Is it possi
ble to justify everyone who works
(lor the district >"
Marv I mu Carlson another board
member advised the committee that
it is "essential to make the best use
of the district's dollar Wc need the
most effic ient use of our money and
to lustily a need lor everything the
district has." she said
McCaslin told the board thal he
didn't believe that the successive
budget defeats were a sign ol voters
lack ol confidence in them I v c
no reavin lor a majority ol board
members to resign." he suid.
because budgets arc tailing, not |ust
in our district, but all over the state
"Should a majority ol the board
resign at one time, the replacement
procedure is lor the counts court to
appoint the members with all
deliberate speed vi that the district The Sunday vhool class and
does have a governing body and is teachers ol All Saints Fpivopal
able to transact business legally Church in Heppner show off the 4txi
Hoard member Jerry SKI lligott had
asked the superintendent to rcfx'rt on piunds ol potatoes they gleaned
possible cflects ol a m a s s resignation from a field lor donation to the
NcighNuhood Center
of the board
T W O - Th» Hrppnrr t .a z r t t r finir», Hrppnrr, Orrgon M rd nrvlat, (ktnhrr 22, IWk
County refuses to reduce
right-of-way
Morrow Couniy Court last
Wednesday denied a reque -1 by Col
umbia Hj%in Electric to reduce it*
right of way along the road running
Irom Cutdonh Comer to Baseline
Kil
Fred Toombs. nunager of the co
op. appeared hclorc the court to re
quest that the county reduce its ease
ment from 60' to 40' The co-op is
obtaining casements to rebuild the
power line which supplies lone. I.cx
ington and Mcppncr. he said Most
of the property owners along the
proposed route have been very
cooperative, but since Juniper Ca
nyon Koad is not as wide as the case
ment. staking the line IK" outside
the properly owner's line will place
it 22’ into the adjacent field, he said
•'We've already told the property
owner lhat we have no intention of
lowering the right of way to 40',
Judge Don McTilligott told Toombs
“ The right-of ways are tia> hard to
get for us to give them up
•'I’m not sure we could reduce the
right of way even if we wanted to.”
Commissioner Jerry Peck agreed
•'Slate law says we must establish a
right ol way at a certain width
"W e have a bO' right of way with
the title." Commissioner Irs Rauch
added "W e're not ready to narrow
it. but we understand the owner has
been (arming our land and it's lough
to give that up.” he said
The county will check to see if the
roller skating program at the
fairgrounds can be continued in
cooperation with the lair hoard under
the supers ismn of juvenile sers ices,
the court told Mcrlyn Robinson of
the Morrow County f air Hoard
"The J-air Hoard is not able to stand
the inc reased insurance costs for the
program.” she said "We are at a
place where we must require the
private party operating the skating to
carry his own insurance and (hey
have indicated to us that they would
have to quit the program because the
insurance is too expensive We
would really hate to lose the activi
ly for the kids." she said
In other business, the court
heard that forms are being built
for the foundation of the addition at
the North Morrow Annex Architect
Hob Smith discussed the project
approved reimbursing Pat Brin
School growth
die for expenses for a trip she made
to the I astern Oregon Health System
Committee as a county
representative
heard from Commissioner Peck
that since a change in management
has occurred in Umatilla Couniy.
they may he interested in talking
about a jail contract again
heard a report from Commix -
sioncr Rauch on the Oregon Coun
ties land Use Coalition
•approved a request from the
county aci.*untant to alter the book
keeping sy^lem by putting the road
department in the general ledger
The county's auditor advised the
change Cost of computer pn>gram
change is not to exceed the estimated
*962 V)
jpproved easements across coun
ty property for the Columbia Hasin
power line
approved claims
went on record oppising ballot
measures No 9(1 All Property Tax
I imitation), and No A iMarquana
Initiative)
approved hiring Hart Sarzmski
for the pisition ol speech language
therapist lor the north end School»
He will obtain an emergency
teaching certificate because he lacks
vmie of the ciairse work Oregon re
quires lor a regular certificate in the
area, and because there is a
recognized shortage of qualified
applicants
voted to require a special voca
tional certificate in addition to an ap
propnate teaching certificate lor the
p-rvin in charge of the diversified
occupations program at Heppner
High School
accepted Hudget Committee
member larc Padberg's resignation
approved maternity leave for Iea
Calvert, second grade teacher at
Heppner clcmentarv vhool. and for
Sharon Morris, second grade teacher
at lone clcmentarv
io u s
authorized Road Supervivir Don
Hall to put "Children at Play " and
"Slow, Danger" signs on Coun
ly line Road, which had been re
quested because the road is heavily
traveled by the trucks while kids arc
plaving
heard that the taxes have no been
paid on a portion of a lot in Hard
man The Museum owns part of the
lot and the taxes are paid on lhat por
tion The county decided not to pay
the past due property taxes tor the
unknown owner
advised the road supervivir that
he should withhold payment from
subcontractors who fail io provide
proof that they arc covered by
workmen's compensation or that
they arc exempt from the
requirement
discussed a request to bury a
telephone line along laurel lame in
Hoardnun
Potato Pickers
approved a ‘JO day 96.000 lb
load permit lor Hombing Range
Road
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Detergent J ^ —
O a ii ciotti««
cl«an and trasbi
the levy for the I9R7 KH vhool year
so that people could vote by
programs
"If. after three or four defeats of
the budget. we use the split lev y ap
proach, we will get the basic educa
lion through." Nurd member Hill
[Xiherty observed
The district's auditor. Brent Fife,
presented the district ' '9 page audit
rep>n and his recommendations lor
future management The repirt in
dicates that the "district s records
are in good shape " he said
In other business, the Nurd
heard that 116 people rode the
bus from downtown Heppner to the
fairgrounds during the lour day.
'2 hour Morrow County Fair and
Rodeo
-confirmed a refusal of an offer
Irom kenn I vans to give the district
"quiet title and a quit claim to pro
pens" at A C Houghton elemcn
tary vhool in exchange for SNXX)
The district says it is not clear that
I vans owns the land
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Andervin farm near lone gathering over
the pitaloes. which had been left harvested the field the previous day
Senior Citizens plan for Center
The Heppner Senior Citizens
Building Center Hoard last Wednes
day assured the Moffos*. County
Court that they will locate a senior
center on the ground floor of the
housing project planned lor the
Heppner Hotel it the City of Hepp
tier is able to proceed with the
project
The seniors have been offered a
lease tor 4 ‘A XI vj It on the east end
of the hotel's ground floor. Jane
Rawlins, president of the Nurd said
In exchange, the senior Nurd will
contribute *60.000 tor the building's
construction and a pledge ol their
"best ellon" to raise an additional
*40.(XX) before the project s comple
lion, she vi id
"Including * l'tx i raised at last
weekend's auction, we have SAq.txxi
in the building lurid righi now ." she
vik I Die vnmr citizens will need to
raiv an estimated S'VIXXI in addi
In in to building costs, lor lur
nishings at the center
The seniors already have a
separate fund ol *2. MX) lor a con
section oven, and have a freezer and
two refrigerators which are in u v at
the current meal site They will need
to buy tables, chairs, a ranee, a
dishwasher, and a range hood and
Ian to start out Wc will have space
for a cooling room and a walk in
treczer. hut will add that later.
Rawlins said
I he center will include a main din
mg and assembly room which can he
used lor dances or parties as well as
tor vrvmg meals, she said A kit
chen. recreation room, office lor
Area Agency on Aging Reprcscn
lativc Phyllis Hunter, a conference
room, and restrooms will complete
the center, she said
rhe vnmrs plans to jmt the center
on the ground floor of the Heppner
Hotel building depend on the City of
Heppner's going through with the
project to renovate the Heppner
Hotel building creating 19 self
contained a|urimcnts for vnm r
citizens Nothing is signed vet. City
Attorney Bill Kuhn said, but the
seniors hjve said they want in il the
project goes
Attorney Hill Kuhn said, hut the
vnmrs have said they want in
Although the architect's cost
estimates are a lot higher than we
had hojx-d. by the end of the week
we should he able to nuke vtrnc
decisions. Kuhn vmt I snouting
what the city will he able to pav
back, the- loan needs to be less than
Vtixi.txxi. he vud The architect's
estmutes are aNiut *40.(XX) more
than that Although the city has not
yet nude a formal loan application
to the Housing Division, reprevn
tatives have met several times and
have worked through preliminurv
stages
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